“The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'… He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.” ― C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism

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Hesper Honeywood is a passionate, authentic, gutsy heroine searching for fulfillment away from her childhood home of Marblehead Massachusetts. Disaster seems to stalk her as she suffers grief and loss during the Civil War, poverty and hardship and desertion. When … Continue reading →

The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I found this novel of Elizabeth Winthrop Feake Haskell to be absorbing and educational. I was very surprised to find that my knowledge of American History (that I … Continue reading →